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II. LEXICO – GRAMMAR (15pts.)

1. VOCABULARY . (5 pts) :
Choose the option that best fits the blank of the sentence.
1. After arriving late for the third time in one week, Sam was finally given the …………slip.
A. red B. black C. yellow D. pink

2. The driver's charge was finally reduced to ….... because he hadn't killed the girl deliberately.
A. homicide B. murder C. killing D. manslaughter
3. Do you think paparazzi's taking photos of celebrities is an ………….. of privacy?
A. attack B. invasion C. intervention D. offence
4. A child’s mind is like a …….. .
A. fresh book B. blank sheet C. white paper D. new leaf
5. She loved tennis and could watch it till the _____ came home.
A. she B. everyone C. horses D. cows
6. I am never free on Tuesday evenings as I have a …………..arrangement to go to the cinema
with a friend.
A. long-standing B. long-lived C. long-range D. long-lasting
7. The mountaineers had to _______ severe cold and high winds.
A. outlive B. attain C. go through D. endure
8. He set one alarm-clock for five o’clock and the other for five past so as to _____ that he did
not oversleep.
A. assure B. ensure C. insure D. reassure

9. A (n) ____________ child means a child who behaves badly and saddens his parents.
A. active B. hard – working C. obedient D. insubordinate
10. Because of the road works, traffic is restricted to one ______ in each direction.
A. lane B. alley C. row D. path

2- GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES:

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences (5 pts) :
1. I am _______ my brother is.
A. nowhere like ambitious as B. nothing near as ambitious as
C. nothing as ambitious D. nowhere near as ambitious as
2. ……………, 70 percent alcohol is more effective than 100 percent alcohol.
A. How an antiseptic is used B. An antiseptic used
C. When used as an antiseptic D. An antiseptic when used
3. That humans should all have some fat in our diets is……
A. a commonly held view B. not yet a proven fact
C. only true for women D. proven to be true by experiments on rats
4. _______, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
A. However tired B. Tired as he might feel
C. As he might feel tired D. He felt very tired though
5. The companies appear______the water supply in this area for a long time.
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[Link] foul B. to be fouled [Link] be fouling D. to have been fouling
6. Without my parents' support, I ______ my overseas study.
A. had not completed B. would not have completed
C. would not have been completed D. did not complete
7. _______with about fifteen times its weight in air does gasoline allow the carburetor to run
smoothly.
A. It is mixed B. Only when mixed C. When mixed D. To mix it
8. ______bigs books on______table are for my history class.
[Link]/the B. The/a C. A/the D. -/the

9. ______ are considered humorous is mainly due to his characters’ use of slang.
A. That Damon Ruyan’s stories B. Damon Ruyan’s stories, which
C. Damon Ruyan’s stories D. Because Damon Ruyan’s stories
10. Is John a good student?
He is, ______________, an excellent student.
A. in most parts B. for most parts
C. for the most part D. in most of the parts

3. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS: (5 pts)

1. There is more here than I can……………. on my own.
A. cope with B. do with C. make out D. go for
2. He ………. up a lot of debts in the town and then disappeared without a trace.
A. put B. ran C. brought D. made

3. I won’t ………….. these excuses any longer! I demand to see the manager.
A. put up with B. put off again C. put up for D. put off with
4. She got a bit hot ……… the collar when a colleague started criticizing her work.
A. under B. on C. beyond D. from
5. To get a good price on a new notebook computer, you really need to shop ……….. . There are
some great bargains out there, but you have to look for them.
A. out B. around C. down D. off
6. Mr. John has taken……..painting since he retired.
A. up B. of C. over D. in
7. The teacher told her to ___ her socializing because it was affecting her schoolwork.
A. cut down on B. run out of C. put up with D. look forward to
8. Those who don’t get ______their colleagues are sometimes isolated at their jobs.
A. up with B. on to C. by with D. along with
9. He drives so fast that I am afraid one day he will __________ somebody crossing the street.
A. crash down B. knock down C. turn over D. run across
10. My application for a trading license was ……………. .
A. held down B. turned down C. put down D. let down

PART II: WORD FORMS (20pts)

[Link] the sentences with the correct forms of the given words
1. I’ll never forget the _________ I felt in the situation. (HUMILIATE)
2. He told me ……………..that he’s thinking of resigning next year. (CONFIDE)
3. That was a very ________ thing to say. (HURT)

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4. It’s ______ of him to lose his temper like that – he’s usually very calm. (CHARACTER)
5. He stood at the door to make sure that no one _______ the party. (GATE)
6. Watching television can be very ____________. (EDUCATION)
7. Teachers must keep a record of students’_____________________ (ATTEND)
8. Our school set up a project to _________________ the library system. (COMPUTER)
[Link] break down of the negotiations was not_______________. (EXPECT)
10. Those countries are ____________ on other countries for most of their food. (DEPEND)
IV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20pts)
a. Complete the sentences using the word in brackets. Do not alter the word in any way.

1. I know I can convince Dave that I'm right about this matter. (BRING)
→ _______________________________________________ .

2. My advice is that you get straight to the point in the next report (BUSH)
→ _______________________________________________ .
[Link] jumper you knitted for my daughter no longer fits her. (GROWN)
→ My daughter _______________________________________________.
4. Students at the school are not allowed to go into the Rainbow Disco. (BOUNDS)
→ _______________________________________________.
5. I hate it when my colleagues try to get involved in everything in my own business. (FINGER)
→ I object _______________________________________________ .
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1. → I know I can bring Dave round to my way of thinking on this matter.
2. → If I were you, I would not bit around the bush in the next report
3. → My daughter has grown out of that jumper you knitted for her
4. → The Rainbow Disco is out of bounds to students at the school.
5. → I object to my colleagues’ having a finger in every pie in my own business

b. Complete each sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
1. He never suspected that the money had been stolen.
→ At no_______________________________________________
2. If they hadn’t helped me, I couldn’t have finished my work on time.
→ But for_______________________________________________
3. The phone stopped ringing the moment I got down stairs.
→ No sooner _______________________________________________.
4. Everyone was surprised that the singer had very little money when he died.

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 → The singer had _______________________________________________ .
5. She agreed to go out to dinner with him because she assumed he was not married.
→ Had she _______________________________________________ .

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